Amazon vs NVIDIA Interview Questions
Amazon lists 1,968 LeetCode interview questions while NVIDIA lists 136. They share 129 problems — 7% of Amazon's bank and 95% of NVIDIA's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 1,839 Amazon-only and 7 NVIDIA-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 129 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both Amazon and NVIDIA.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add Amazon-specific problems like Reorganize String, Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree, Palindrome Number and NVIDIA-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: Amazon skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
129 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both Amazon and NVIDIA.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Two Sum | Easy |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Add Two Numbers | Medium |
| 3Sum | Medium |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| Container With Most Water | Medium |
| Median of Two Sorted Arrays | Hard |
| Koko Eating Bananas | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Course Schedule | Medium |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Longest Common Prefix | Easy |
| Rotting Oranges | Medium |
| Subarray Sum Equals K | Medium |
| Merge Sorted Array | Easy |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Longest Consecutive Sequence | Medium |
| Copy List with Random Pointer | Medium |
| Generate Parentheses | Medium |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Merge Two Sorted Lists | Easy |
| Jump Game | Medium |
Showing top 30 of 129 shared problems.
Unique to Amazon (1,839)
Problems in Amazon's list that do not appear at NVIDIA.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Reorganize String | Medium |
| Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree | Medium |
| Palindrome Number | Easy |
| Word Ladder | Hard |
| Majority Element | Easy |
| Letter Combinations of a Phone Number | Medium |
| Word Search | Medium |
| Next Permutation | Medium |
| Analyze User Website Visit Pattern | Medium |
| Coin Change | Medium |
| Remove Duplicates from Sorted Array | Easy |
| Meeting Rooms II | Medium |
Unique to NVIDIA (7)
Problems in NVIDIA's list that do not appear at Amazon.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Find The Original Array of Prefix Xor | Medium |
| Break a Palindrome | Medium |
| Count the Number of Good Subsequences | Medium |
| Linked List Random Node | Medium |
| Number of Lines To Write String | Easy |
| Fizz Buzz Multithreaded | Medium |
| Previous Permutation With One Swap | Medium |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do Amazon and NVIDIA share?
Amazon and NVIDIA share 129 LeetCode interview questions. 1839 problems appear only in Amazon's list and 7 appear only in NVIDIA's list.
What topics overlap most between Amazon and NVIDIA?
The most common shared topics between Amazon and NVIDIA are Array (20 shared questions), Hash Table (8 shared questions), Dynamic Programming (6 shared questions), String (6 shared questions), Linked List (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: Amazon or NVIDIA?
Amazon has 527 Easy, 1074 Medium, and 367 Hard questions. NVIDIA has 32 Easy, 89 Medium, and 15 Hard questions. Amazon has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both Amazon and NVIDIA?
Start with the 129 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 Amazon-specific and 7 NVIDIA-specific questions to round out your prep.